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THE SONG OF A SERAPH by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS

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First Line: LO! THE DREAM OF LIFE IS O'ER
Last Line: THINE THE SERAPH'S PARADISE.

"Hark ! they whisper, angels say,
"Sister spirit ! come away!"
POPE.

Lo ! the dream of life is o'er;
Pain the christian's lot no more!
Kindred spirit ! rise with me,
Thine the meed of victory.

Now the angel-songs I hear,
Dying softly on the ear;
Spirit, rise ! to thee is given,
The light ethereal wing of heaven.

Now no more shall virtue faint,
Happy spirit of the saint;
Thine the halo of the skies,
Thine the seraph's paradise.




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